U.S. Department of Labor issued the following announcement on Nov. 30.
After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD), Jenergy Air Services, LLC – a heating, ventilation and air conditioning company based in Seminole, Florida – has paid $10,125 in back wages to 10 employees to settle overtime violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
WHD investigators found Jenergy Air Services, LLC paid workers overtime when they worked more than 80 hours in a two-week period, instead of for hours worked beyond 40 in one week, as the law requires. Jenergy also deducted meal breaks from workers’ timecards automatically, regardless of whether employees had actually taken those breaks. This practice resulted in violations when employees worked through breaks, but the employer failed to record or pay for those hours as work time.
“Employers must ensure they pay their workers the wages they have rightfully earned as federal law requires,” said Wage and Hour Division District Director Nicolas Ratmiroff, in Tampa, Florida. “We encourage all employers to reach out to us for compliance assistance, and for help understanding their obligations to their employees. The U.S. Department of Labor will continue working to level the playing field for employers that play by the rules, and to ensure workers get paid the wages they have legally earned.”
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